Leadership – not followership – determines performance in ant teams

Richardson et al. investigate the relationship between task performance and teamwork in ant colonies. Targeted removals of prominent leaders and followers during ‘tandem running’ - a cooperative team task in which one ant physically leads another to a resource - reveal that leadership, and specifica...

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Main Authors: Thomas O. Richardson, Andrea Coti, Nathalie Stroeymeyt, Laurent Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02048-7

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